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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,710 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:31 PM Mar 2022

Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her but

still won't commit to voting for her

All the "productive conversations" Senate Republicans said they've had with "impressive" and "well-qualified" Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in recent days have yielded plenty of photo ops but no commitments to support her historic nomination to the Supreme Court.

Jackson, who currently serves on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and could become the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court, has met privately with over a dozen Republican lawmakers since President Joe Biden named her as his pick to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.

The exhaustive interview process has included lengthy visits with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — which is scheduled to launch hearings about her latest nomination on March 21 — as well as leaders from both parties.

The sticking points Republicans have cited about Jackson include her efforts to reduce mandatory minimum guidelines during her time at the US Sentencing Commission, the arguments she made on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainees during her time as a public defender, and whether she views the US Constitution as the final word on jurisprudence or a jumping-off point to advance ideological goals.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-republicans-praise-supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson-after-meeting-with-her-but-still-wont-commit-to-voting-for-her/ar-AAUXegw
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Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her but (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP
They had no problem voting for Kavanaugh and Barrett. madaboutharry Mar 2022 #1
All excellent questions, but in the recent past all ignored. TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #2
But will they vote to confirm her? GP6971 Mar 2022 #3
Yep, probably still vote against her...jerks...nt wcmagumba Mar 2022 #4
I predict Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #5
I think a few will vote for her.. DemocraticPatriot Mar 2022 #7
Who cares Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #6

madaboutharry

(40,183 posts)
1. They had no problem voting for Kavanaugh and Barrett.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:33 PM
Mar 2022

Two truly unqualified people for a variety of reasons.

Such hypocrites.

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